why mitt romney? >> as we pointed out in the editorial last night and did again this morning, is that we just like a lot of voters explored and examined a very long list of issues in this campaign. we continue to come back to something that we have seen repeatedly, the iowa poll and just countless interviews countless encounters with everybody from farmers, everyday iowans and business executives. the partisan divide in washington that stripped the rest of the country and more important than that is the economy. uncertain future for a lot of people as it relates to jobs and meaningful future. as we sat down and deliberated, it was the economy that was front and center for us in terms of who best can jump start it, who can pull us out and who best can position us not necessarily looking back over the past four years but ahead of the next four years. that's where the editorial board focused on governor romney. >> let me share two points. which candidate could forge the compromise in congress to achieve